Cambodians falling prey to perils of migrant labour
The future remains uncertain for many Cambodian workers seeking jobs in Thailand. Most feel the process of gaining employment in the country is akin to playing the lottery, with exploitation in the job placement industry rife, and legal protection scarce ...
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/316884/cambodians-falling-prey-to-perils-of-migrant-labour
Workers From 2011 Shooting Still Dealing With Medical Problems
Two women wounded in the 2011 protest shooting in Svay Rieng province have seen their conditions worsen. A total three women were shot during worker strikes by the former governor of Bavet city, Chhouk Bandith, during worker strikes in February 2011. ...
Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/workers-from-2011-shooting-still-dealing-with-medical-problems/1845710.html
Workers strike again to demand strike pay
About 2,000 workers at Takeo province’s I-Cheng (Cambodia) Cooperation remain on strike today, after management held steady in its refusal to pay employees for days they joined in a national garment worker strike in December and this month. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/workers-strike-again-demand-strike-pay
Gov’t says workplace injuries on the rise, reforms needed
In the face of an increase in work-related injuries, government officials gathered in Phnom Penh on Tuesday to start work on a new plan to reduce workplace accidents and to reflect on their achievements over the past five years. ...
Mech Dara and Holly Robertson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-says-workplace-injuries-on-the-rise-reforms-needed-66899/
Revenues from taxes tops $1B
The General Department of Taxation collected more than $1.06 billion in tax revenue in 2014 up by about 17.7 per cent on the $900 million collected in 2013, according to a statement from the tax department released yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/revenues-taxes-tops-1b
ACU warns four officials over tax collection
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) warned against four tax officials over their tax collection performance. In the letter, the Unit ordered them to stop their inactive performance, and irregularities in registering and collecting taxes, and correcting themselves in the future. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/acu-warns-four-officials-over-tax-collection-7756
New Preah Sihanouk police chief vows to restore order
The new chief of the Preah Sihanouk provincial police force Monday vowed to carry out orders to protect and monitor foreigners in the seaside city of Sihanoukville after being officially appointed to the position in a ceremony earlier in the day. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-preah-sihanouk-police-chief-vows-to-restore-order-81546/
Dey Krahom leader acquitted of defamation, forgery
Chan Vichet, a representative of the former Dey Krahorm community, whose homes were bulldozed in 2009 to make way for development in Phnom Penh, was acquitted on Friday of defamation and forgery charges brought against him in 2005 by fellow evictees. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dey-krahom-leader-acquitted-of-defamation-forgery-87336/
Officials at border call for better info sharing
Authorities in Svay Rieng province have slammed the minister in charge of negotiating border issues with Vietnam, saying he has not kept the military and governor’s office in the loop regarding the ongoing dispute with Cambodia’s neighbour. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-border-call-better-info-sharing
Cambodian garment factory workers demonstrate for subsidies
At least 500 workers from three garment factories in Cambodia demonstrated on Tuesday outside the Labor Ministry in the capital Phnom Penh, demanding that government officials intervene in their quest for better working conditions and food and transportation subsidies. ...
Vietnamese, Cambodians owe debt of gratitude to one another
Villages of Vietnamese people were set up in Ratanakiri Province of Cambodia in the 1960s, and Cambodian villages were built in Vietnam for people to flee from the Pol Pot regime the following decade. ...
Tuoitrenews.vn News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/29485/vietnamese-cambodians-owe-debt-of-gratitude-to-one-another
Families of Svay Rieng crash victims reject compensation
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court director said Tuesday that the bus company involved in a deadly crash that killed 19 people and injured 21 in Svay Rieng province in May has had its latest compensation offer rejected by the victims’ families. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/families-of-svay-rieng-crash-victims-reject-compensation-91456/
Political forum builds Cambodia’s discussion culture
Every Saturday afternoon, in a room in the Phnom Penh offices of a German political foundation, chairs are arranged in a u-shape. About 50 people, from a range of backgrounds, gather and chit-chat. ...
Sun Sokhen
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-forum-builds-cambodia-discussion-culture/2918069.html
Military police flush 26 out of drug den; mostly students
Military police in Phnom Penh arrested 26 people aged between 20 and 30 on Tuesday in two consecutive raids on a methamphetamine-ridden slum in Sen Sok district’s Toek Thla commune, according to district military police commander Prum Sakda. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-flush-26-out-of-drug-den-mostly-students-92109/
Student arrested after posting about 'revolution'
An anti-government activist has been imprisoned over a social media post in which he called for people in Cambodia to join him in a “colour revolution”, though critics of the arrest say he enjoys no political influence. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/student-arrested-after-posting-about-revolution
No request for help investigating Thai bombing, Cambodian officials say
Cambodian authorities say they have received no request for aid in the Thai investigation of a bombing in Bangkok in August, following the detention of a second suspect near the Cambodian border on Tuesday. ...
NagaCorp raises $156 million from top-up placement
NagaCorp, a gaming and entertainment hotel complex operator in Cambodia, has raised HK$1.21 billion ($156 million) from a top-up placement, after fixing the price at the bottom of the indicative range. The deal was launched at around 6pm yesterday in Hong Kong time, and the ...
http://www.financeasia.com/News/336436,nagacorp-raises-156-million-from-top-up-placement.aspx
British Businessman Arrested over Alleged Land Fraud
The British chairman of an embattled agricultural investment firm was arrested Saturday by Cambodian authorities over charges of forging documents and using them in an attempt to illegally purchase thousands of hectares of land, a court prosecutor said. Greg Fryett, the main shareholder of Sustainable Agro ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/british-businessman-arrested-over-alleged-land-fraud-15882/
Hun Sen Seeks Chinese Help for Bridge Project
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged China to come up with enough funding for Cambodia to build a 3.5km bridge across the Tonle Sap and connect National Road 6 in Kampong Thom with Kampong Chhang province. Speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony for a $20 million Chinese ...
Phnom Penh’s Bus Service Delayed
The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Tuesday announced it hoped to have a public bus system in place in Phnom Penh sometime in 2014, despite earlier assurances it would be up and running this year. The Japanese government’s international aid arm also presented options to ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/phnom-penhs-bus-service-delayed-38546/